# Giraffe is a spoil sport. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569 "2007-03-26T17:10:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/21 "2007-03-26T23:39:58Z")
Does **Giraffe** get a full point in the mod-pittings race if the OP can’t do any better than “spoilsport”? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/22 "2007-03-26T23:56:59Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Does **Giraffe** get a full point in the mod-pittings race if the OP can’t do any better than “spoilsport”? [/QUOTE] Actually, the judges have _deducted_ two points from his total, only because so many posters in this thread have supported him. Keep up the good work. ~~signed, The other Mods ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/23 "2007-03-27T00:05:24Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] Actually, the judges have _deducted_ two points from his total, only because so many posters in this thread have supported him. Keep up the good work. ~~signed, The other Mods [/QUOTE] I don’t think he should be penalized for being right all the time. Maybe ya’ll should be following his example. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/24 "2007-03-27T01:04:08Z")
Will, Your favorite movie is _Eating Raoul_, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/25 "2007-03-27T01:06:18Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] That wasn’t a very knife thing to say ☹ [/QUOTE] see, **that** was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/26 "2007-03-27T03:39:30Z")
If you lived in the Arcade, you’d be a little punchy too. This is not just any regular arcade. I think it has something to do with the peanut fumes, but that’s just speculation. Hang in there, **Will**. ---
**Author:** ![Leviosaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/27 "2007-03-27T03:51:38Z")
Actually, I agree with the OP; \*\*Giraffe \*\* is a spoilsport. He closed my [Nixon Dollar](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=408674) thread before it even got a chance to be fun on the grounds that it was insufficiently vehement for the pit. This has led me to the conclusion that if you want to be certain \*\*Giraffe \*\* won’t move/delete your thread, you’d best include the word “Fucker” at the bottom, just to gaurentee it is an actual bona fide pit thread. I suggest any threads where there might be a hint of ambiguity include “Fucker” as a way to fully comply with the rules and thereby allow \*\*Giraffe \*\* to leave your thread unmolested without having to don his mod jackboots. In fact, in **Giraffe** ’s honor, I’d humbly suggest we name the practice in his honor and call it the “Obligatory **Giraffe** Fucker”. Like so: **Obligatory Giraffe Fucker** ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/28 "2007-03-27T04:20:20Z")
“Obligatory Giraffe Fucker” brings up a…well, a different image in my mind. We’ll leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/29 "2007-03-27T04:33:51Z")
[QUOTE=Leviosaurus] Actually, I agree with the OP; \*\*Giraffe \*\* is a spoilsport. He closed my [Nixon Dollar](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=408674) thread before it even got a chance to be fun on the grounds that it was insufficiently vehement for the pit. [/QUOTE] Actually, I _moved_ your thread on the grounds that it was insufficiently vehement. I closed it after you pointed out there was already another thread on that topic in MPSIMS. Also, it sucked. 😛 > [@](#): > > This has led me to the conclusion that if you want to be certain \*\*Giraffe \*\* won’t move/delete your thread, you’d best include the word “Fucker” at the bottom, just to gaurentee it is an actual bona fide pit thread. Hey, good luck with that. Of course, you can in fact swear in other forums and I use “obligatory swearing because it’s the Pit” as a tie-breaker when deciding whether or not to close a thread, but you never know. It might work. Giraffe, obligatory fucker ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/30 "2007-03-27T04:50:36Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] Well your contribution isn’t exactly costing you an arm and a leg now is it? [/QUOTE] OK, well, if that’s all you got, I agree with **Giraffe**. **Giraffe** , sorry for the demerits from the other mods, but when you’re right, you’re right. > [@wring](#): > > see, that was funny. Yeah, just about the only comment that gave me a chuckle here. But it doesn’t count since he already rated the thread a -741/10. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/31 "2007-03-27T04:58:53Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] Yeah, just about the only comment that gave me a chuckle here. But it doesn’t count since he already rated the thread a -741/10. [/QUOTE] It would have been as high as -690/10 without the Russian vote. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/32 "2007-03-27T05:19:11Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] It would have been as high as -690/10 without the Russian vote. [/QUOTE] Dang Russians! Without them, this thread would have at least scored higher than the closed thread which spawned it, which was rated a mere [-713/10.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8394462&postcount=3) What do they have against cannibals anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/33 "2007-03-27T05:27:19Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] Dang Russians! Without them, this thread would have at least scored higher than the closed thread which spawned it, which was rated a mere [-713/10.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8394462&postcount=3) What do they have against cannibals anyway? [/QUOTE] In Soviet Russia, cannibal eats YOU! Oh… I guess that’s not much different than anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/34 "2007-03-27T05:55:23Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] Giraffe did a great job. [/QUOTE] Great? The monumental effort of closing a thread? Withstanding the compact derision from all Dopers and defending his action in spite of a very unpopular decision? Using his 18" prehensile tongue to do the job? Great…? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/35 "2007-03-27T06:03:22Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] Dang Russians! Without them, this thread would have at least scored higher than the closed thread which spawned it, which was rated a mere [-713/10.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8394462&postcount=3) What do they have against cannibals anyway? [/QUOTE] [Sore subject?](http://www.arminm.com/russian_cannibals.htm) edit: PORN BANNERS! (sorry) ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569/36 "2007-03-27T06:36:30Z")
since we’re already pitting **giraffe** curse you (fuck you since this is the pit) for reprimanding me based on the letter of the law when the spirit of the law would let it fly. 😛 :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-is-a-spoil-sport/397569.md?page=1)